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Ghana lost to Japan
0
–
2
FT · Fri, Nov 14
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Match Details
Toyota Stadium (Japan)
(Toyota)
· 40,030 fans
Commentary
- ·Match ends, Japan 2, Ghana 0.
- 90'+4'Second Half ends, Japan 2, Ghana 0.
- 90'+3'Gideon Mensah (Ghana) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3'Foul by Yukinari Sugawara (Japan).
- 90'+1'Shogo Taniguchi (Japan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1'Foul by Prince Owusu (Ghana).
- 90'Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
- 88'Substitution, Ghana. Prince Owusu replaces Derrick Köhn.
- 88'Substitution, Ghana. Prince Owusu replaces Kamaldeen Sulemana.
- 88'Attempt missed. Tomoya Ando (Japan) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Yukinari Sugawara with a cross following a corner.
- 87'Corner, Japan. Conceded by Jonas Adjetey.
- 86'Attempt missed. Joel Chima Fujita (Japan) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Junnosuke Suzuki.
Line Score
| 1 | 2 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GHA | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JPN | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Match Leaders
Ghana- KS Kamaldeen Sulemana · 2Total Shots
- JA Joseph Anang · 3Saves
- JA Jonas Adjetey · 67Accurate Passes
Japan- TM Takumi Minamino · 1Goals
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Ritsu Doan · 3Total Shots
- TH Tomoki Hayakawa · 2Saves
- JS Junnosuke Suzuki · 65Accurate Passes
Key Events
60'Goal! Japan 2, Ghana 0. Ritsu Doan (Japan) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Takefusa Kubo.
16'Goal! Japan 1, Ghana 0. Takumi Minamino (Japan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kaishu Sano.
Recent Form
Japan
W
D
L
D
W
Ghana
W
D
W
W
W
Starting Lineups
Japan3-4-2-1
Ghana5-4-1
Full lineups and substitutes
Japan
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TH #1 Tomoki HayakawaG
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ST #3 Shogo TaniguchiCD
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JS #25 Junnosuke SuzukiCD-L
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#5 Tsuyoshi WatanabeCD-R
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AT #17 Ao TanakaCM-L
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KS #21 Kaishu SanoCM-R
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KN #13 Keito NakamuraLM
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#10 Ritsu DoanRM60'
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AU #18 Ayase UedaF
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TM #8 Takumi MinaminoCF-L16'
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TK #20 Takefusa KuboCF-R
Substitutes · 6 used
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WE #6 Wataru Endo
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KG #26 Keisuke Goto 76' for Ayase Ueda
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KO #19 Koki Ogawa
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TN #23 Taishi Nozawa
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SM #9 Shuto Machino
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KI #4 Kou Itakura
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TA #16 Tomoya Ando 76' for Takefusa Kubo
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LB #12 Leo Brian Kokubo
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YS #2 Yukinari Sugawara 68' for Ritsu Doan
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RS #14 Ryunosuke Sato 82' for Keito Nakamura
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JC #7 Joel Chima Fujita 68' for Ao Tanaka
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DM #11 Daizen Maeda
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SK #24 Sota Kitano 76' for Takumi Minamino
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DK #15 Daichi Kamada
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AS #22 Ayumu Seko
Ghana
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JA #12 Joseph AnangG
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JA #4 Jonas AdjeteyCD
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JO #18 Jerome OpokuCD-L
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KP #15 Kojo Peprah OppongCD-R
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#13 Derrick KöhnLB
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CY #3 Caleb YirenkyiRB
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KS #8 Kwasi SiboCM-L
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AF #19 Abu FrancisCM-R
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BT #9 Brandon Thomas-AsanteLM
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KS #22 Kamaldeen SulemanaRM
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AS #11 Antoine SemenyoF
Substitutes · 6 used
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BA #16 Benjamin Asare
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PO #5 Prince Owusu 88' for Derrick Köhn
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KN #7 Kelvin Nkrumah
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CB #17 Christopher Bonsu Baah 75' for Brandon Thomas-Asante
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EA #21 Ebenezer Annan
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MS #6 Mohammed Salisu
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AS #2 Alidu Seidu 56' for Abu Francis
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PA #23 Prince Adu 56' for Antoine Semenyo
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GM #14 Gideon Mensah 75' for Jerome Opoku
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LA #1 Lawrence Ati Zigi
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PO #24 Prince Owusu 88' for Kamaldeen Sulemana
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